Belmopan (Belize House constituency)

For the capital city of Belize, see Belmopan.

Belmopan is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Oscar Mira of the People's United Party (PUP).

Belmopan
Constituency for the Belize House of Representatives
District	Cayo
Electorate	7,780 (2012)
Major settlements	Belmopan
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	People's United Party
Area Representative	Oscar Mira

Profile

Along with Cayo North East, the Belmopan constituency was created for the 2008 general election. It encompasses the city of Belmopan – the Belizean national capital – and the immediate surrounding area. It is entirely surrounded by the Cayo South constituency^[1] from which it was comprised.

Area Representatives

Election		Area Representative^[2]	Party
	2008	John Saldivar	UDP
	2012	John Saldivar	UDP
	2015	John Saldivar	UDP
	2020	Oscar Mira	PUP

Elections

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
2012 general election^[3] Electorate: 7,780 Turnout: 5,603 (72.02%) −3.23		UDP hold Majority: 218 (3.89%) −16.42		John Saldivar	UDP	2,775	49.53	−6.15
				Amin Hegar	PUP	2,557	45.64	+10.27
				Richard Smith	PNP	230	4.10	-
2008 general election^[4] Electorate: 6,060 Turnout: 4,560 (75.25%) n/a		UDP win Majority: 926 (20.31%) n/a		John Saldivar	UDP	2,539	55.68	-
				Rolando Zetina	PUP	1,613	35.37	-
				Paul Morgan	VIP	359	7.87	-

References

1. Belize election maps, Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
2. Elections Results, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 20 November 2014)
3. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 2012, Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)
4. 2008 General Elections Final Results , Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission. (accessed 19 November 2014)